Open This Post for a Bunch of Updates I’m back! I miss writing for the fine people of this newsletter. Hope you’ve had a couple of wonderful weeks since I last wrote to you. I feel like I have so much to share that I don’t know where to begin. OK, so yesterday Ahmad and…

Fail Fast or Show Some Commitment and Fight Till the End While browsing through the March-April 2015 issue of Khaleejesque, I came across Hashim Behbehani’s article titled Failure: The Cornerstone of a Successful Startup Community. In it he mentions that in Silicon Valley, startups are encouraged to “try everything possible to make an idea…

Did You Miss Us? We Missed You Too Last Tuesday Haider and I had the pleasure of attending the Step Conference in Dubai. It was an opportunity to refuel our information database, expand our startup community network, polish our communication skills, and take a more in-depth look into the startup community in the Middle East…

Get into the Habit of Experimentation We’re still recovering from the excitement we experienced in last week’s Cofounder Speed Dating event. The short spell of rain made the night even more memorable as the participants took shelter and continued their conversations. Honestly, I didn’t think the night would be such a success. One participant said…